In Vitro Models for Cardiac Development, Regeneration, and Disease: Advances and Challenges
A special issue of Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (ISSN 2308-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiac Development and Regeneration".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 139
Special Issue Editors
2. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Interests: cardiac disease; cardiac regeneration; metabolism; aging
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of JCDD will highlight the critical role of in vitro models in advancing research on cardiac development, regeneration, and disease. It will focus on the latest advancements and challenges in the development and utilization of in vitro models of the heart, including tissue-derived cell culture systems, stem cell-derived cardiac models, co-culture systems, spheroid and organoid models, organ-on-chip platforms, 3D bioprinting, matrix/hydrogel systems, bioreactor scale-up cultures, and other emerging technologies. Manuscripts that utilize in vitro cardiac models to provide novel perspectives into the molecular and cellular mechanisms of cardiac development, regeneration, and disease are also welcome. We hope this Special Issue offers valuable insights into the current and future landscape of in vitro technologies to understand cardiac biology and develop effective therapeutics for heart disease.
We welcome submissions of original research and review articles that spotlight current advances and challenges, as well as anticipated future developments, in the application of in vitro models to study cardiac development, regeneration, and disease.
Prof. Dr. Richard T. Lee
Guest Editor
Dr. Nivedhitha Velayutham
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- in vitro models
- stem cell-derived cardiac cells
- organ-on-chip platforms
- 2D and 3D culture systems
- co-culture models
- cardiac regeneration
- cellular therapies
- heart disease modeling
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